CVE-2017-7906 — In ABB IP GATEWAY 3

In ABB IP GATEWAY 3.39 and prior, the web server does not sufficiently verify that a request was performed by the authenticated user, which may allow an attacker to launch a request impersonating that user.

01What is this vulnerability?

In ABB IP GATEWAY 3.39 and prior, the web server does not sufficiently verify that a request was performed by the authenticated user, which may allow an attacker to launch a request impersonating that user.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
ICS-CERT	ABB IP GATEWAY	All versions prior to version 3.39

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-06-06T20:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T01:31:38.404Z

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104388
• ics-cert.us-cert.gov — https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-156-01